Let's hope it's not a repeat of this storm!!
(Image by blogger taken during 26 December 2010 storm)
Or this one!
(Image by blogger taken during 25 January 2011 storm)
Blizzard approaching
I'd rather find warm sunshine
instead of Nemo.
(Haiku by blogger)
...MAJOR WINTER STORM "NEMO" TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY
INTO SATURDAY.
NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-176-178-081730-
/O.CON.KOKX.BZ.W.0001.130208T1100Z-130209T1800Z/
HUDSON-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
421 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY...
* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN DEVELOPING SNOW BANDS.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 20S BY THIS EVENING.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR
THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...SOME TREE LIMBS WILL BE DOWNED...
CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY.
THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU.
IF YOU GET STRANDED, STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
